Dâw language

Dâw is a Nadahup language spoken by about one hundred Dâw people in the northwestern part of Amazonas, Brazil, in an area commonly known as Alto Rio Negro. Most Dâw also speak Nheengatu and Portuguese.

Dâw
Kuri-Dou
Native toBrazil
RegionAmazonas
EthnicityDâw people
Native speakers
94 (2004)
Nadahup
  • Dâw
Dialects
  • Kurikuriaí (Kurikuriari)
Language codes
ISO 639-3kwa
Glottologdaww1239
ELPDâw

An extinct variety, Kurikuria(r)í, named after the Curicuriari River, was a distinct language sociolinguistically, but at least partially intelligible with Dâw.

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